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Our office recently helped a local hospital receive $12 million in federal funding owed to them from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for emergency protective measures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including additional medical equipment, staffing and increasing Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and inpatient/outpatient bed capacity.
A local agency that provides social work services for 3,000 seniors and disabled individuals in our district reached out to our office after they were denied over $1 million from Medicare for the 60 providers they bill for.
(WASHINGTON, DC) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11), along with Representatives James P. McGovern (D-MA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Dwight Evans (D-PA) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a nationwide pilot program through Medicare to provide medically-tailored meals to seniors with diet-impacted diseases, building a more resilient and cost-effective health care system.
(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) today joined the YMCA of Greater New York to announce $1 million federal funding secured for the Y to make ventilation repairs at two YMCA branches serving both the North and South shores of Staten Island.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Elected officials and some local residents called on the city to take action this week after a series of illegal driving incidents allegedly connected to two Travis migrant shelters.
Rep. Nicole Mallitoakis (R-Staten Island/South Brooklyn) penned a letter to Mayor Eric Adams and Police Commissioner Edward Caban Monday about migrants at the two hotel shelters off Wild Avenue operating unregistered vehicles without insurance.
Two weeks ago, a woman came into our Brooklyn office looking for assistance in recovering retroactive Social Security (SSA) Disability payments she had been waiting on for more than two and a half years.
While she was awarded Social Security Disability at a hearing in May and started receiving monthly benefits in June, she did not receive any information about the retroactive payments she was entitled to. She tried to get through to SSA on several occasions to see when the funds would arrive, but each request went ignored.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As Staten Islanders reel from a series of recent youth fatalities, many of the Island’s elected officials suggested a host of changes to stop the tide of violence.
The suggestions range from added resources in schools to making modifications to the Raise the Age Law.
Here’s a look at six ideas Staten Island elected officials, representative of different levels of government, suggested when contacted by the Advance/SILive.com.
1. MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES
House Republicans are threatening to subpoena former Gov. Andrew Cuomo as they investigate the deaths of nursing home patients during the opening months of the coronavirus pandemic.
They want to ask Cuomo about his administration’s COVID policies — including effectively requiring nursing homes to admit COVID patients from hospitals.
(STATEN ISLAND, NY) - Today Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) released the following statement regarding the potential closure of the migrant shelter located at the former Richard H. Hungerford School in Stapleton: